#4A420F#4A420F

#4A420F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.069 H 100.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A420F
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 15)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 79.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, -3.27, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 30.76, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% -0.0121 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.069 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8587, 5.3870, 1.2357)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A420F #0F174A

analogous

#4A240F #4A420F #354A0F

triadic

#4A420F #0F4A42 #420F4A

tetradic

#4A420F #0F4A24 #0F174A #4A0F35

square

#4A420F #0F4A24 #0F174A #4A0F35

split-complementary

#4A420F #0F354A #240F4A

monochromatic

#191705 #191705 #4A420F #7D6F19 #B09D24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4A420F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A420F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A420F

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A420F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A420F	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a420f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.069 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7651',
    500: '#4a420f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a420f;
$custom-light: #7f7651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a420f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37656,
    "c": 0.06889,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A420F

secondary

#303C84

accent

#56E93F

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A420F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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